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After 12 years as UC Irvine executive vice chancellor and provost, Michael R. Gottfredson is moving on to the University of Oregon. The much-lauded leader will take over as president there Aug. 1. Gottfredson is credited with helping to establish new schools in law and computer science as well as new programs in statistics and public policy and launching majors in public health and business. At UCI, Gottfredson was responsible for planning and budgeting including managing $90 million in state funding cuts since 2007-2008.

EUGENE, Ore. — Junior guard Jessica Richter scored 30 points to lead the Vanguard University women's basketball team to a 64-60 exhibition victory over the Univeristy of Oregon Monday night in front of 2,651 at McArthur Court. Richter made 10 of 19 field-goal attempts, including three of six from three-point range, and was seven of 12 from the free-throw line to propel the top-ranked team in NAIA Division I to a surprising win over the Pac-10 squad. Vanguard senior Kelly Schmidt added 19 points, including seven of seven from the foul line, to help the Lions prevail.

UC Irvine baseball coach Dave Serrano said Wednesday he will not leave the school for a similar job at the University of Oregon. Serrano, named 2007 National Coach of the Year after leading UCI to the College World Series in his third season at the helm, said remaining loyal to UCI was the primary factor in his decision. “I’m staying at UC Irvine,” Serrano said from Las Vegas, where he is vacationing. Serrano said Friday he had agreed to visit the Oregon campus to discuss specifics of the job. But his trip, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, was postponed by Oregon officials after it was announced Monday that Nike founder Phil Knight was donating $100 million to the school’s athletic department.

Several Pacific 12 Conference football programs are looking at Corona del Mar High junior standout defensive end Tim Reinhardt, Reinhardt's father, Bill, said in an email on Wednesday. Bill said the schools interested in Reinhardt, a 6-foot-4, 235-pounder, who can also play tight end, are Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, Washington, Washington State, Colorado, USC and Oregon. Other schools following Reinhardt are San Diego State, University of San Diego, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Colorado State, Fresno State, Nevada and UC Davis, Bill said.

IRVINE — UC Irvine still has not beaten Oregon in five men’s basketball meetings between the two programs, the latest an 84-77 nonconference Ducks’ triumph before 4,206 Friday at the Bren Events Center. But Anteater fans can no longer say they have yet to see what all the fuss was about when Kevin Bland was recruited after being named the state community college Co-Player of the Year out of Delta College in Stockton in 2006. Bland, a 6-foot-8 forward, averaged 5.8 points and fouled out 10 times in 34 games as a junior last season.

When you shoot seven-under-par 63 on the first day of a two-day amateur tournament, you're probably going to come out the next day pretty relaxed. When University of Oregon golfer Joey Benedetti performed the feat on Saturday to earn a two-stroke lead at the Costa Mesa Country Club, it made Sunday a lot easier. Benedetti, who will be a junior at Oregon this fall, played steady golf on Sunday on the par-72 Los Lagos course, carding a two-under 70 to post a two-day score of nine-under 133. It was good enough to win the championship flight of the Costa Mesa City Golf Championships.

South Coast Repertory has hired a new public relations director, the Costa Mesa-based theater company announced last week. Tania Thompson began her new post July 19, according to a news release. Thompson takes over for Soyia Ellison, who left to work for Habitat for Humanity in Georgia. Previously, Thompson was media relations director for the University of Idaho, according to the release. The Oregon native has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Oregon.

Miranda Stiver was more than a little bit intimidated when she entered the Corona del Mar High girls' soccer program as a sophomore. Stiver moved from Arcadia to Newport Beach in the fall of 2011 with her mother, step-dad and younger brother. The family wanted to be closer to the headquarters of PIMCO, the Newport Beach-based investment management firm for which Miranda's mother, Christina, works. The commute for Christina was indeed severely reduced. Miranda did not have so much trouble fitting in at CdM in the classroom, but on the soccer field she had doubts.

South Coast Repertory has hired a new public relations director, the Costa Mesa-based theater company announced last week. Tania Thompson began her new post July 19, according to a news release. Thompson takes over for Soyia Ellison, who left to work for Habitat for Humanity in Georgia. Previously, Thompson was media relations director for the University of Idaho, according to the release. The Oregon native has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Oregon.

Jake Knapp, a recent Estancia High graduate, shot three-over-par 73 in the third round Thursday and is tied for 21st at the 46th Pacific Coast Amateur on the Bandon Dunes Golf Resort Trails Course in Bandon, Ore. Knapp, bound for UCLA, is 12-over-par 224 through three rounds. He enters Friday's final round 11 shots back of the leader, Jarred Bossio of Olympia, Wash. During the second day of the tournament on Wednesday, Knapp and two other golfers teamed to comprise the Southern California Golf Assn.

After 12 years as UC Irvine executive vice chancellor and provost, Michael R. Gottfredson is moving on to the University of Oregon. The much-lauded leader will take over as president there Aug. 1. Gottfredson is credited with helping to establish new schools in law and computer science as well as new programs in statistics and public policy and launching majors in public health and business. At UCI, Gottfredson was responsible for planning and budgeting including managing $90 million in state funding cuts since 2007-2008.

Several Pacific 12 Conference football programs are looking at Corona del Mar High junior standout defensive end Tim Reinhardt, Reinhardt's father, Bill, said in an email on Wednesday. Bill said the schools interested in Reinhardt, a 6-foot-4, 235-pounder, who can also play tight end, are Arizona, Arizona State, Utah, Washington, Washington State, Colorado, USC and Oregon. Other schools following Reinhardt are San Diego State, University of San Diego, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Colorado State, Fresno State, Nevada and UC Davis, Bill said.

Corona del Mar High senior all-purpose threat Cole Cottrell has been invited to walk on the USC football team, said CdM Coach Scott Meyer. Cottrell, who earned All-CIF Southern Section Southern Division, Daily Pilot Newport-Mesa Dream Team and first-team All-Pacific Coast League honors, played cornerback, wide receiver and returned kickoffs and punts for the Sea Kings. Meyer said Cottrell had opportunities to walk on at two other Pacific 12 Conference schools, Colorado and Oregon.

Everything you need to know about Tatum Norton can be found in the recent decision she made for college. Alabama had offered the Newport Harbor High senior a scholarship to play volleyball for the Crimson Tide. She said it was a three-year scholarship, something rare when it comes to the position Norton plays. Norton is a libero, a defender who must also provide accurate passing. An NCAA Division I scholarship for a libero? It almost seemed too good to be true. Apparently it seemed to be too easy for Norton.